Woodland Management Areas

Introduction

Aberdeen City Council (ACC) is looking to undertake a programme of new woodland creation as a tangible contribution to achieving its vision for Aberdeen to be "a city which is vibrant, dynamic and forward looking" and through its commitment to planting a tree for every citizen by 2011.

This new planting, which is proposed to be carried out in two phases over the next 2 to 3 years commencing in 2010, combined with enhanced management of its other existing woodlands, is also part of the Councils' commitment to demonstrating the increasingly significant role that urban woodlands and green infrastructure play in enhancing the City's environmental fabric and general quality of life as well as helping to reduce carbon emissions and mitigating climate change.

This will help the expansion of the City's woodlands under the banner of "Granite City Forest". This will be achieved in a spirit of partnership, including possibilities for co-funding, consultation and involvement with other organisations and agencies - notably Aberdeen Greenspace with whom ACC is already a strategic partner and the Forestry Commission - along with the communities of the City themselves.

Contacts

• Richard Nicholson
  Arboricultural Officer
  Housing and Environment
  Aberdeen City Council
  Business Hub 11, 2nd Floor West
  Marischal College
  Broad Street
  Aberdeen
  AB10 1AB
  Phone: 01224 523737
  Fax: 01224 523764
  Email: richardn@aberdeencity.gov.uk